Digitalis purpurea (common names: Common foxglove)
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Digitalis purpurea (aka Common foxglove)
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Comments on Digitalis purpurea
10 Feb, 2008
Wow what a lovely pic! Im now thinkn of planting my Fox Gloves into the new Dug over half shaded patch in my Natural Garden i started in Sepr07!
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10 Feb, 2008
Hi Jacque,
Thanks for your kind comment. The foxgloves should look fantastic as well as doing a good job of attracting bees and insects.They should self seed as well and really thrive in a shaded area.
Good luck with the project and happy gardening,
Grenville.
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22 Mar, 2008
How great that you have this in the exotic garden. It might be called the "common foxglove" but it has to be one of the world's most magical plants - so having it in an exotic garden seems absolutely right.
On photo - Digitalis in the Exotic garden
22 Mar, 2008
Thanks for your kind comment. We think they are superb plants as well, and its marvellous watching the bees feeding from the nectar inside the flowers.We are hoping to show a chocolate coloured Digitalis this year.
On photo - Digitalis in the Exotic garden
3 Apr, 2008
I love foxgloves but I can't cultivate them here in Greece! :(
P.S. The garden is gorgeous!
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19 Apr, 2008
Great foxgloves. I'm trying to grow some. Not sure whether they will like the climate in Hungary.
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22 Apr, 2008
Cant wait 2 see what colour my Foxgloves are as i brought them late last year in a Sale :D
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21 May, 2008
Yes I quite agree.I would be happy with this one as well.
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23 May, 2008
Your foxgloves are so much further on than mine up here in Yorkshire, it`s a lovely photo, can`t wait for mine to bloom, they are one of my favourite flowers!
On photo - Foxglove close-up
23 May, 2008
I found the plant label - it's called 'Camelot Cream' - quite funny when my Delphiniums all seem to be connected with Camelot!
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8 Jun, 2008
these flowers are positively alien looking...I just love them...I have the hybridized foxy mix...so could be any colour..last summer's were yellow.
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9 Jun, 2008
Last year I didn't get any for some reason. They usually self seed around the garden. I've only got 2 this year- I'm going to have to pinch some seed!
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12 Jun, 2008
Fantastic. I have some of these but It will be next year before I get to see them.
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23 Jun, 2008
Very lovely, would that be desirable to a hummer as it is really tubular or are there flowers they don't like even tho tubular? I know they love red.
Best to you
Pollyanna
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23 Jun, 2008
Would be wonderful if we had hummers in Europe! The bees certainly like to go head first down into it.
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24 Jun, 2008
Nice shot..., this is a really nice perennial foxglove, one that you rarely see in cultivation around here in the states.
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9 Jul, 2008
Like how the back ground is dark here it shows up the white foxgloves lovely :)
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19 Jul, 2008
They look all soft and spongey. I feel like I could crawl inside. lol : )
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Members' notes...
planted in our English rustic charm garden and front garden
The original common foxglove self seeds itself around the garden at will, most of the seedlings get chucked on the compost, but I always collect and transplant a few for those difficult areas of dry shade and it seems to flourish. This one decided to grow
WARNING POISONOUS if eaten, it slows the heart, the medecine digoxin is derived from this plant..
Long flowering period attracts pollinators mostly bumble bees and keeps them coming back for about 6 weeks. I let them flower in flower border and around the edges of my vegetable garden and in the wild corner which encourages beneficial insect.
This helps the bumble bees whose numbers are declining. They look attractive too.
We are growing a few varieties including 'Albiflora' and 'Pam's Choice' as well as the straight species. One of my favourite plants.
my encyclopedia says: Digitalis purpurea L. Foxglove.
Native of W. Europe, from Ireland south to Spain and Morocco, east to Finland, Czechoslovakia and in Corsica and Sardinia, widely naturalized elsewhere in Europe, in North America and on mountains in North Africa, growing in woods and on rocky slopes, usually on acid soils, flowering in June-Sept.Plant usually biennial, but often perennial in SW Europe and Corsica. Stems to 180 cm. Flowers 40-55 mm. long, purplish, pink or white. For any soil except pure limestone in partial shade. Hardy to -25degrees C. '
'Digitalis purpurea subsp. heywoodii P. & M. Silva, Native to Portugal, around Reguenogos de Monsaraz, growing on granite rocks, flowering in June. Plant with rosettes of very woolly, white leaves, the lowest ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, tapered into the petiole. Flowering stems to 75cm. Flowers creamy white, sometimes yellowish or pinkish, sparsely hairy outside. A beautiful planat for well-drained soil in sun or partial shade, not too dry att he root. susceptible to warm damap in winter. Hardy to -15degrees C. Subsp. mariana (Boiss) Rivas Goday (not shown) has white wooly leaves but purplish pink flowers, glabrous outside. It is native of S-Cent.Spain and NE Portugal, growing on rocky slopes and plains, flowering in June - august. Digitalis Thapsi L. from E. Portugal and Central and W. Spain is rather similar: covered with yellowish glandular hairs and the inflorescence is branched. The purplish-pink flowers are pubescent outside.
Seed sown in early March 2008. Sent by Pauline of GOY. Good germination. Put outside for hardening off on 10th April. To plant out when a lot bigger.
Not sure of the correct name.
Self - planted '08 Shenstone back new fence
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Partial shade
Hardiness: Hardy
Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Dry, Moist
Height: 180cm
Spread: 60cm
Time to plant seeds: April to June
Flowers: June to September
Foxglove is a common favourite, produces elegant spires of tubular flowers in June, which are enjoyed by bees throughout the summer. For the best displays, it should be grown annually from seed. Sow in late spring where you want it to flower for blooms the following year. It will grow in virtually any soil as long as it is not very wet or very dry. All parts of the plant cause severe discomfort if ingested. Use gloves when handling the plant as the foliage can irritate the skin.
$1.50 at valumart sale end june 2008. Planted by telephone pole.
$1.50 at valumart sale end june 2008. Planted by telephone pole.
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25 Jun, 2007
Lovely photo, tiny but still perfect, compared to those growing in my garden, which reach about 5ft tall, sadly they have dropped most bells now, so will wait till next year to take photo's.
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